Forests

Fast-Growing Forest Plantations for Moving Forward to a Low Carbon Bioeconomy

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submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5821 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest plantations; woody crops; wood; biomass; production; sustainable; ecosystem services; fast-growing trees

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Economy and Sustainability of Forest Natural Resources

edited by

Rong Zhao

, Changyou Sun and

Gang Diao

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4125 | Submission Open

Keywords: classified forest management; forest products trade and security; common prosperity; ecological product value; forest carbon sinks; high-quality development of the forestry sector; forest ecosystem

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Forest Species Distribution, Diversity and Growth under Climate Change

edited by

Nadezhda Tchebakova

and

Sergey V. Verkhovets

submission deadline 25 Apr 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 17077 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; boreal; temperate forest; tree species diversity; forest composition and growth; disturbances; future forests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Forest Machinery and Mechanization

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submission deadline 25 Apr 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 8468 | Submission Open

Keywords: automation; robotization; electronics; measurement systems; new forest machines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)

Coastal Forested Wetland Conservation and Carbon Function

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submission deadline 25 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5936 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland conservation; carbon sequestration; carbon cycling; ecosystem services; coastal forested wetland

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Wood Materials: Preservation and Modification

edited by

Xinzhou Wang

and

Jiangtao Shi

submission deadline 25 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2841 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood; preservation; modification; chemistry; physical and biological method; advanced characterization techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Advancements in the Dynamics of Forest Litter Decomposition

edited by

Zhenhong Hu

and Chengjie Ren

submission deadline 25 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1029 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropogenic effects; carbon sequestration; chemical transformations; climatic variables; fauna; forest management; litter and deadwood decomposition; microbial communities; nutrient cycling; soil fertility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Insect Taxonomy and Distribution in Forests

edited by

Bonk Kyu Byun

submission deadline 25 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest insect; taxonomy; distribution; phylogeny; biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Somatic Embryogenesis and Other Vegetative Propagation Technologies

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submission deadline 26 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3307 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; conservation; molecular analysis; plant species; regeneration; restoration; somatic embryos; sustainability; vegetative propagation; woods multiplication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Factors Influencing Forest Soil Erosion and Protection

edited by Miriam Fernanda Rodrigues

submission deadline 27 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology processes; erosion processes; water loss; soil loss; water quality and quantity; soil conservation management; soil conservation practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Diverse Forestry Systems and Cleaner Production Practices for the Bio-Based Economy and Sustainable Development

edited by

Sheikh Adil Edrisi

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Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash

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Himlal Baral

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Vishal Tripathi

and

Rama Kant Dubey

submission deadline 28 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 1201 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest landscape restoration; biomass and bioenergy production; cleaner production; phytoremediation and environmental clean-up; sustainability assessment; green space development; urban forestry and agroforestry; remote sensing and GIS approaches; policy implications; greening and afforestation approaches; cleaner agricultural productions; value-added products and bioeconomy; circular economy; decision making and forestry plantations; land suitability and indigenous practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Research on Tree Species Discovery, Distribution and Conservation

edited by Petr Maděra

submission deadline 29 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: new tree species; population variability; area of distribution; population size; threat; conservation; tree breeding; species shift

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Advances in Plant Photosynthesis under Climate Change

edited by

Nan Xu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10309 | Submission Open

Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; abiotic stress; plant photosynthesis; climate change; environmental stress

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)

Forest Vegetation and Soils: Interaction, Management and Alterations

edited by

Qiwu Sun

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Suyan Li

and

Lingyu Hou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9767 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest vegetation; soil degradation; ecosystem services; forest management; soil microorganisms This page is in Danish Translate to Simplified Chinese Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Bengali Bulgarian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Italian Japanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Korean Kurdish (Kurmanji) Lao Latvian Lithuanian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar (Burmese) Nepali Norwegian Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Simplified Chinese Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Traditional Chinese Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Always translate Danish to Simplified ChinesePRO Never translate Danish Never translate admin.mdpi.com TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvian Turkish Finnish Lithuanian Ukrainian French Malay Urdu German Maltese Vietnamese Greek Norwegian Welsh Haitian Creole Persian // TRANSLATE with COPY THE URL BELOW Back EMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE Enable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal Back //

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Efficacy of Nature-Based Learning and Global Outlook on Outdoor Education

edited by

Mika Rekola

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Alexia Barrable

and

Alexios Arvanitis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9422 | Submission Open

Keywords: outdoor education; forest school; nature-based learning; nature connection; wellbeing; evidence; environmental education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Tree Growth in Relation to Climate Change

edited by

Yassine Messaoud

,

Jan Světlík

and

Giorgio Alberti

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 9385 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree growth; ecotone; species northern and altitudinal limits; species range; boreal and temperate forests; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)

Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Forests

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4867 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical cyclones; freezing rain; snowstorm; prolonged drought and high temperature; tree physiology; plant functional trait; forest biodiversity; carbon and nutrient cycling; ecosystem stability; new concepts or theories

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)

Economic and Policy Analysis in Sustainable Forest Management

edited by

Panagiotis P. Koulelis

, Zacharoula S. Andreopoulou and

Dimitris Fotakis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4297 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forest management; forest sector; forest growth; climate; smart forest; green policies; green informatics; decision optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

The Influence of Forest Operations on the Sustainable Management of Forest Soils

edited by

Enrico Marchi

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Elena Marra

and

Meghdad Jourgholami

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4213 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable harvesting; environmental impacts; forest roads; mechanization; soil compaction; soil physical– hydric properties; soil erosion; soil recovery process; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)

Forest Bathing and Forests for Public Health—Series II

edited by

Qing Li

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Won Sop Shin

and

Christos Gallis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3955 | Submission Open

Keywords: beneficial effects of forests; blood pressure; city park; forest bathing; forests for public health; forest landscapes; forest medicine; forest therapy; green care; green space; immune function; mental health; nature therapy; POMS test; shinrin-yoku

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Monitoring Forest Change Dynamic with Remote Sensing

edited by

Gilson Alexandre Ostwald Pedro da Costa

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Raul Queiroz Feitosa

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Veraldo Liesenberg

and

Claudio Almeida

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2196 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest and savanna ecosystem dynamics; land use dynamics; climate change; carbon stock; biogeophysical cycles; deforestation; forest degradation; forest regeneration; flooding; forest fire

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Soil Pollution and Remediation of Forests Soil

edited by

Katarzyna Maria Wiatrowska

and

Justyna Likus-Cieślik

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2132 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil contamination; heavy metals; risk assessment; bioavailability of pollutant; phytoremediation; forest on post-industrial area; forestry reclamation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Hydrological Modelling of Forested Ecosystems

edited by

Zhangwen Liu

and

Shirong Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2051 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest hydrology; streamflow; hydrological processes; forecasts and projections; climate change; hydrological modelling; forested ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Recent Advances in Forest REDD+ Research

edited by

Yohan Lee

,

Jang-Hwan Jo

and

Edward Alan Ellis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1974 | Submission Open

Keywords: REDD+; forests; deforestation; land tenure; social safeguards; MRV; finance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Improvement of Forest Ecosystem Service in Karst Desertification Control

edited by

Kangning Xiong

, Mingsheng Zhang and Junbing Pu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1328 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem vulnerability; ecosystem structure; ecosystem function; ecosystem service; ecosystem service tradeoff; functional trait; carbon sequestration; karst desertification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Forest Management: Planning, Decision Making and Implementation

edited by

António Manuel de Sousa Xavier

,

Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso

and Maria De Belém Costa Freitas

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1210 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest management; forest policy; decision support systems; ecosystem services; forest economics; ecosystem services; models; multiple criteria decision analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Sustainable Forest Fertilization Strategies: Impact on Soil Quality, Ecosystem Health and Productivity

edited by

Saif Ullah

,

Izhar Ali

, Nabil Ibrahim Elsheery and

Haijun Sun

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1172 | Submission Open

Keywords: forestry soil; nutrient management; carbon sequestration; synthetic chemicals; biodiversity conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Agroforestry Systems as Strategy to Recover Soil Health and Mitigate Climate Changes

edited by Leidivan Almeida Frazão,

Luiz Fernando Carvalho Leite

and Arlete S. Barneze

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1075 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrosilvopastoral; carbon stocks; GHG emissions; modeling approaches; plants; soil health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Application of Molecular Genetic Tools for Forest Pathology

edited by

Nevenka Ćelepirović

,

Sanja Novak-Agbaba

and

Aikaterini Dounavi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular genetics; forest pathology; disease identification; pest detection; pathogen detection; phylogenetic analysis; disease management; host– pathogen interactions; fungal diversity; next-generation sequencing; barcoding; meta-barcoding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Nutrients and Biota in Forest Soils

edited by

Annely Kuu

,

Merrit Shanskiy

and

Michail Orfanoudakis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient cycling; plant– soil interactions; soil biota and diversity; soil food webs; ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forest Wildlife Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation

edited by

Octavio Monroy-Vilchis

, Martha Mariela Zarco-González and

José Fernando González-Maya

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; conservation; management; monitoring; wildlife

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Burning Issues in Forest Fire Research

edited by

Luís Reis

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Jorge R.N. Raposo

, Xiaodong Xie and

Jason J. Sharples

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fire; climate change; fire management; fire safety; fire technology; fire events

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)

Reviews on Structure and Physical and Mechanical Properties of Wood

edited by

Luis García Esteban

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Paloma de Palacios

and

Francisco Garcia Fernández

submission deadline 10 May 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 46470 | Submission Open

Keywords: xylogenesis; cell wall: ultrastructure and chemical composition; macroscopic structure; juvenile and mature wood; reaction wood; softwood anatomy; hardwood anatomy; water-wood relationships; mechanical properties of wood; electrical and thermal properties of wood; acoustic properties of wood; modified wood; wood degradation agents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Engineered Wood Products: From the Latest Perspective

edited by Cláudio Henrique Soares Del Menezzi

submission deadline 10 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 969 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood engineering; structural composite lumber; wood structures; composite materials; eco-friendly materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Abiotic Stress in Tree Species

edited by

Hou-Ling Wang

and

Liu-Qiang Wang

submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 18 articles | Viewed by 20132 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; cold; heat; ionic stress; signaling; response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)

The Response of Trees to Air Pollution in Urban Forests

edited by

Slaveya T. Petrova

and

Dragana Pavlović

submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3490 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; urban forest; ecosystem services; oxidative stress; bioaccumulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Geochemistry and Sedimentology: Fingerprints for Development History of Forests

edited by

José Tasso Felix Guimarães

submission deadline 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: geochemistry; sedimentology; forest dynamics; climate changes; sea level changes; geomorphology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Remote Sensing of Forest Biomass and Carbon Dynamics Using Multiple Sources and Technologies

edited by

Qian Zhang

, Weiliang Fan and Hui Yang

submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1566 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; different remote sensing platforms; multiple modeling methods; artificial intelligence; biomass/carbon stock; carbon dynamic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Non-timber Forest Products: Beyond the Wood

edited by

Giuseppe Sortino

and

Giovanna Sala

submission deadline 24 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3050 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity conservation; avoiding ecosystem degradation; multipurpose plant; bioeconomy; non-timber products; unconventional species; food security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Forest Ecosystem Services and Landscape Design - Series II

edited by

Radu-Daniel Pintilii

submission deadline 25 May 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10872 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disturbance; forest management; ecosystem services; human and communities’ well-being; urban and rural landscapes; landscape design and modeling; landscape protection and conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Urban Tree Design and Urban Microclimate—Series II

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submission deadline 27 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1964 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; cooling potential; carbon sequestration; urban trees; climate change; microclimate regulation; growth-ESS patterns of urban trees

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Soil Contamination in Forest Ecosystem

edited by

Ping Wang

and

Chao Huang

submission deadline 28 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4553 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil contaminants; soil ecotoxicology; soil quality; soil remediation; phytoremediation; bioremediation; bioavailability; risk assessment; heavy metals; persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Ecological Restoration and Soil Amelioration in Forest Ecosystem

edited by

Chang Seok Lee

submission deadline 29 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3108 | Submission Open

Keywords: afforestation; ecological imbalance; ecological restoration; forest; reference information

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Recent Advances in Wood Identification, Evaluation and Modification

edited by

Carmen-Mihaela Popescu

,

Jalel Labidi

and

Darci Alberto Gatto

submission deadline 30 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3630 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood identification; new features and properties; structural evaluation; modification techniques; advanced research methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Image Processing for Forest Characterization

edited by

Wenjuan Shen

,

Wenli Huang

, Danxia Song and Chengquan Huang

submission deadline 30 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2208 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; forest structural parameters modeling; forest cover change detection; forest disturbance; forest biomass; forest carbon storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Physical, Chemical and Biological Properties of Soil for Ecological and Environmental Restoration

edited by Shengli Wang,

Liping Li

and

Junhao Qin

submission deadline 30 May 2024 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil; ecological and environmental restoration; abandoned metal mining sites; desert; Loess Plateau; heavy metals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Innovative Approaches for Improving Properties of Wood and Wood-Based Materials

edited by

Miklós Bak

and

Róbert Németh

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16711 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood modification; nanomaterials; plasma treatment; enzymatic treatment; high-performance wood-based materials; material properties; combined modification methods; biomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Modeling Forest Response to Climate Change

edited by

Daniela Dalmonech

,

Alessio Collalti

and

Gina Marano

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13937 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change scenarios; forest functions and ecosystem services; adaptive forest management; long-term forest dynamics; decision support systems; disturbances

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Application of Laser Scanning Technology in Forestry

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submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9543 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest; laser scanning; ecosystem structure and function; tree species; biomass; change detection; forest disturbance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Structure and Species Composition of Forests – Prospects and Challenges for Adaptative Forest Management

edited by

Ion Catalin Petritan

and

Jarosław Paluch

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6712 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive forestry; multi-objective forestry; resilient forest structures; forest conversion; mixed-species stands; uneven-aged forests; risk analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

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